Table 1

Summary of Biennial Movers by Rurality and Age Cohorts—Primary Care Physicians, 2000–2014

Original Location: RUCC Category^a	Aged ≤45 y				Aged 46–65 y

			Of Those Moving				Of Those Moving

	Physicians, No.	Movers, %	Moving to Rural, %	Moving to Metropolitan, %	Physicians, No.	Movers, %	Moving to Rural, %	Moving to Metropolitan, %
1 (M)	354,823	17	6	94	428,357	9	7	93
2 (M)	127,524	16	15	85	161,661	8	17	83
3 (M)	55,284	17	20	80	70,986	9	25	75
4 (R)	21,937	17	22	78	30,442	10	30	70
5 (R)	10,329	18	32	68	14,528	8	45	55
6 (R)	20,053	20	29	71	28,736	12	38	62
7 (R)	13,512	18	42	58	19,682	11	53	47
8 (R)	2,262	23	36	64	3,045	17	48	52
9 (R)	2,917	26	53	47	4,441	16	67	33
Total	608,641	16.9	12.2^b	87.8^b	761,878	8.9	16.3^c	83.7^c

RUCC=Rural-Urban Continuum Codes.
↵a Original location postresidency; higher category indicates increasing rurality. M indicates metropolitan; R indicates rural.
↵b Number moving metropolitan to rural: 8,354; number moving rural to metropolitan: 9,137.
↵c Number moving metropolitan to rural: 6,504; number moving; rural to metropolitan: 6,391.
Note: Not shown here, analysis was repeated for family physicians only, but there were no differences of note.